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My first performance in front of an audience was coming up soon.
I tried as hard as I could to remain 36 , but I had an empty feeling in my stomach. I stared down at my sweat-covered, 37 hands.
I looked up again at the audience, realizing that these were 38 people. They were not just my mum and dad, who 39 say, "Good job!" even if I messed up the entire piece.
What if I had the wrong music? What if I played the wrong notes?
As it 40 , I was never able to answer these questions because the spotlight was 41 for me. I grasped my hands tightly together, drying off the sweat.
Slowly I walked to the mulberry piano in the 42 of the room. It contained 88 demanding keys, which were waiting impatiently to be played．I swallowed the golfball-sized lump（隆起的） in my throat and sat down. 43 , I opened the music. Next, I rested my still shaking hands on the ivory keys.
As my fingers played across the keys, I was becoming more 44 of my preparation for this moment. But the memory of my year of training came flooding back. I knew that I had practiced this piece 45 that I could play it backwards if 46 .
Although at one point I accidentally played two keys 47 the intended one, I continued to move my fingers automatically. My eyes burned holes into the page in front of me.
There was no 48 that I was going to lose my concentration. To keep this promise to myself, I leaned 49 and focused carefully on the music. 50 1 came to the end of the page, a warning 51 inside my head: DON' T MAKE A MISTAKE WHEN YOU TURN THE PAGE!
Needless to say, I 52 myself with all my heart and mind. And, proud of my "page- turning" feat (技艺), I finished the 53 of the piece without making a single mistake.
After the final note died away, a celebration went into action 54 my head. I had finished. I had mastered the 55 .
36． A．unknown B．still C．calm D．quiet
37． A．shaking B．moving C．waving D．wandering
38． A．true B．real C．young D．old
39． A．will B．can C．could D．would
40． A．turned out B．turned up C．turned back D．turned down
41． A．looking B．searching C．expecting D．waiting
42． A．corner B．cross C．center D．passage
43． A．Slowly B．Happily C．Quickly D．Suddenly
44． A．sure B．unsure C．certain D．confident
45． A．so much time B．so hardly C．such a lot of time D．so many times
46． A．requested B．told C．demanded D．ordered
47． A．in spite of B．instead of C．in the way of D．in the shape of
48． A．way B．need C．use D．sense
49． A．backward B．forward C．upward D．downward
50． A．Then B．Next C．When D．While
51． A．appeared B．had C．raised D．went
52． A．told B．asked C．obeyed D．refused
53． A．other B．part C．left D．rest
54． A．inside B．outside C．out of D．on
55． A．musical B．piece C．impossible D．possible
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother 26 me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. __27_ , on this special morning, I felt like getting up early.
I stood by my window overlooking(眺望，俯视) the _28_, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something _29_ in life.
As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and drive off, I 30 an old man on a bicycle with a bucket（水桶） _31_ on its handle(把手) and pieces of old and used cloth in a basket and bottles on its back-carriage(后座). He 32 from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already 33 washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.
Several thoughts 34 my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) 35 T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern 36 would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed 37 with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, 38 passers-by(过路人) and stopping to have a free talk now and then 39 elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.
There was a noticeable sense of 40 in the way he seemed to be doing things— 41 the windscreen (挡风玻璃), then standing back to look at it proudly; scrubbing (擦净) the wheels and 42 , standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.
It was a 43 to learn, I felt. One doesn’t have to beg for a 44 at any age if one is in good health and willing to work hard. For a while I felt 45 of myself. Though I am young —just sixteen, and there was this old man before me who must have got up very early and been busy working so hard and actively.
26．A．forces B．allows C．causes D．prevents
27．A．Or B．So C．However D．Besides
28．A．parking lot B．bus stop C．school D．market
29．A．interesting B．surprising C．terrible D．useful
30．A．noticed B．recognized C．called D．helped
31．A．hanged B．hang C．hanging D．hung
32．A．searched B．left C．moved D．wandered
33．A．stopped B．started C．intended D．finished
34．A．crossed B．went C．disturbed D．came
35．A．beautiful B．shiny C．simple D．expensive
36．A．repairmen B．businessmen C．drivers D．cyclists
37．A．busy B．satisfied C．careful D．bored
38．A．saying hello to B．looking at C．laughing at D．pointing at
39．A．about B．for C．with D．like
40．A．worry B．respect C．pity D．pride
41．A．cleaning B．fixing C．replacing D．covering
42．A．still B．yet C．again D．soon
43．A．lesson B．subject C．skill D．fact
44．A．business B．living C．success D．right
45．A．tired B．doubtful (怀疑的) C．fearful D．ashamed(惭愧的)
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A young man was one day taking a walk with a professor. As they went along, they saw 36 in the path a pair of old shoes. They guessed the shoes belonged to a poor man who had 37 finished his day’s work in a field close by.
The student 38 the professor, saying, “Let’s play the man a(n) 39 : we will hide his shoes, and we stay behind those bushes to see his 40 when he cannot find them.”
“My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never 41 ourselves in that way. You are 42 , and may give yourself a greater pleasure by helping the poor man. Perhaps we put a 43 into each shoe, and watch his reaction.”
The student did so, and they both 44 themselves behind the bushes. The poor man soon finished his work, and came 45 the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes. While 46 his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something 47 , he bent down to feel what it was, and found the coin.
He was 48 , and looked at the coin again and again. He then looked around 49 on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and began to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was 50 on finding the other coin.
His feelings overcame him; he fell upon his 51 , looked up to heaven and preyed, He spoke of his wife, sick and 52 , and his children without bread. The timely giving, from some unknown hand, would 53 from dying.
The student was moved and his eyes filled with tears. “Now,” said the professor, “are you not much better pleased than if you had played your 54 trick?”
The youth replied, “Thank you! Sir! I feel now the 55 of those words, which I never understood before: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’
1.A．hanging B．lying C．sitting D．hiding
2.A．nearly B．seemingly C．closely D．equally
3.A．looked back B．referred to C．turned to D．puzzled over
4.A．fun B．amusement C．entertainment D．trick
5.A．opinion B．reaction C．emotion D．reply
6.A．treat B．dedicate C．amuse D．occupy
7.A．healthy B．cool C．mean D．rich
8.A．coin B．penny C．dollar D．pound
9.A．performed B．placed C．played D．proved
10.A．around B．across C．into D．toward
11.A．taking on B．looking on C．putting on D．hanging on
12.A．hard B．tight C．soft D．loose
13.A．surprised B．excited C．joyful D．satisfied
14.A．that B．it C．themselves D．himself
15.A．decreased B．accelerated C．doubled D．improved
16.A．hands B．knees C．feet D．legs
17.A．beautiful B．merciless C．hopeful D．helpless
18.A．support B．learn C．treat D．save
19.A．intended B．required C．wanted D．interested
20.A．faith B．fact C．truth D．reliability
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第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项
Do you know what kind of things the young people are reading? More and more 36 and parents have noticed another kind of pollution, which came from the printed papers 37 on streets. These printed things 38 newspapers but have hardly anything to do with 39 , you can only find reading materials badly made up there—— some are too strange for anyone to 40 ; others are frightening stories of something 41 ．However, many of the young readers are getting interested in such 42 reading, which 43 them what they should pay for their breakfast and brings them nightmares（恶梦）and immoral（邪恶的）ideas in 44 . Homework was left 45 ; daily games lost.
These sellers shout on streets selling their papers well. The writers, publishers and printers, 46 they are, we never know, are 47 their silent money.
The sheep - skinned wolf’s story seems to have been forgotten once again. Why not 48 this kind of thing? Yes, both teachers and parents have asked each other for more strict control of the young readers. 49 , the more you want to forbid it, the more they want to have a look at it. 50 you may even find out several children, driven by the curious nature, 51 one patched paper, which has traveled from hand to hand.
It really does 52 to our society. It has already formed a sort of moral pollution. The 53 teachers and parents need more powerful support in their protection of the young generation. At the same time the young 54 need more interesting books to help them 55 those ugly papers.
36．A. writers B. readers C. students D. teachers
37．A. sold B. printed C. put D. found
38．A. work out B. look like C. act as D. depend on
39．A. them B. children C. young people D. it
40．A. think B. believe C. know D. understand
41．A. still worse B. even better C. very good D. more important
42．A. wonderful B. interesting C. useful D. poisonous
43．A. spends B. costs C. pays D. takes
44．A. sight B. common C. return D. use
45．A. unknown B. much C. less D. undone
46．A. what B. whoever C. whatever D. who
47．A. making B. spending C. wasting D. using
48．A. forbid B. separate C. leave D.forget
49．A. Luckily B. Unfortunately C. Badly D. Happily
50．A. Always B. Hardly C. Sometimes D. Seldom
51．A. share B. get C. hold D. take
52．A. good B. favor C. wrong D. harm
53．A. puzzled B. surprised C. disappointed D. worried
54．A. teachers B. parents C. readers D. writers
55．A. come into B. break down C. get rid of D. get of
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